Martin County, Minnesota tornado history

24 tornadoes recorded in or across Martin County from 1951 to 2024, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Martin County

The Storm Prediction Center records 24 tornadoes whose paths touched Martin County, Minnesota between 1951 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 10 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 25 June 1951. The most recent was on 21 May 2024.

  • 24tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 337per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Martin County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01667%
F1 / EF1521%
F2 / EF2313%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Martin County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 1990s.1950s41960s21970s31980s31990s52000s12010s52020s1

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s2
1970s3
1980s3
1990s5
2000s1
2010s5
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May4Jun10Jul8Aug1Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May4
Jun10
Jul8
Aug1
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Martin County

  • Strongest: Minnesota tornado25 June 1951, F2, 14.2 miles long
  • Longest path: Minnesota tornado7 June 1953, F1, 19.1 miles long
  • Most recent: Minnesota tornado21 May 2024, EF0, 2.3 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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